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It’s time to let the skeletons clickety clack and rattle their way through the streets. Ghosts have been waiting to flap in the trees and gleefully boo the goblins. The bats have been practicing swooshing past my office window at twilight. Everyone is getting ready to have fun in the neighborhood.
Last year, the neighborhood had to tone down the door-to-door candy fest because of the light rain that dampened the festivities, but the weather people promise fair skies this time. The usual crowds of children yelling “Trick or Treat, Smell My Feet,” and other happy foolery should be back, parading their colorful costumes past our driveway.
Check out a few recommended guidelines, for everyone brave enough to go out in the cold:
- Trick-or-treat with small groups of people you know (adults should always be close by their children).
- Adults are encouraged to stay outdoors to pass out candy (we set up tables in the driveway and chat with passersby).
- Adults should consider placing candy into the trick-or-treater bags rather than have children reaching into a bucket.
Above all, stay safe. If that means staying home with the family while wearing a costume, eating homemade Halloween treats, and watching Halloween movies on TV, go for it!
Kelley (the articulated skeleton who lives with us) and I will be at Halloween Grove reading to the spider, the witches, and the apprentice skeleton, and watching the bats fly by. Kelley might even dress up in a tux this year!
Happy Halloween!
